Writer Mama Riffs on Raising A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids

I am thinking about what’s fresh. Think of the word FRESH.

According to Webster it means “recently harvested or showing no signs of decay.”

What does it mean to you?

What does it mean to you as a writer?

I’d say it means a lot.

What do you do to keep things fresh in your career? (Don’t ask me right now, I do something new practically every day, but that was my goal this year.)

What are you doing that’s keeping things fresh?

Are you researching the latest studies on your topics?

Are you putting a fresh spin on a tired-and-true evergreen?

Are you making your lede sentence snap open like a sweet pea?

Is your bio fresh?

Is your idea file fresh?

How long has it been since you refreshed your portfolio?

A fresh writer’s conference? (I found the Willamette Writers Conference brochure to be very, very fresh.)

A fresh take on how you are doing (a consult, some coaching, or a class?).

Have you freshened up your workspace lately?

I gotta tell you. Editors and publishing houses are not the only ones who are constantly on the lookout for fresh. We all are. And when we find fresh we just slurp it right up.

Speaking of fresh…excuse me while I practice what I preach…and um, take a shower. I just love the fresh smell of this body butter my friend Kelly gave me when we went to Seattle. It’s Pacifica, Mediterranean Fig scented. I could just eat it, it smells so good!

Oops, I almost forgot! Here’s the link to something incredibly fresh! The May issue of Writers on the Rise.

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